Toronto hoop prodigies seeking NBA glory

Two basketball phenoms are ready to turn their hoop dreams into reality. A pair of former GTA high school stars—Brampton’s Tristan Thompson and Pickering’s Cory Joseph—announced Sunday that they’ll be leaving the University of Texas Longhorns, where they both played a single year of college ball, to enter the National Basketball Association draft on June 23.

If, or in Thompson’s case, when, the players join the professional ranks, they’ll be adding their names to the shortlist of Toronto ballers that have made it to the show—which includes Jamal Magloire, Rick Fox and this guy.